Saturday, December 18, 2010
What would Little Jesus eat?
The birth of the candy cane is thought to be in 1670 A.D.
We feel that the information below is far more important:
2 cups sugar
1/2 c. light corn syrup
1/2 c. water
1/4 tsp. cream of tartar
3/4 tsp. peppermint extract
red food coloring
Cook sugar, corn syrup, water, and cream of tartar to a very hard ball stage (use candy thermometer: 250 to 265 degrees F.). Remove from heat and add peppermint. Divide into two parts and add red food coloring to one part and mix well. Once it is just barely cool enough to handle, the candy must be pulled and turned on itself over and over until it is no longer clear.Pull pieces of each part to form ropes and twist red around the white to make candy canes.
Preparation: approximately 45 minutes
Yield: 1 dozen
Greek Mint Myth
props for our holiday greeting, view it at the websiteOur 2010 greeting mocks holiday hullabaloo and phony sentiment. We are in the habit of asking "what is the mythology or backstory?" We share what the Greeks thought:
Minthe, a naiad nymph was beloved of Hades. Displeased with this liaison Persephone trampled upon Minthe, crushed her and ground her into dirt. From Minthe's gore sprung the sweet smelling mint plant -- gnarly, growing close to the ground and destined to be trod upon.
Minthe, before and after Persephone's wrath. 
Sunday, December 5, 2010
Thursday, October 14, 2010
Collect.give: great photos - greater good
We are thrilled to have our image from Consuming Passion as the latest offering on collect.give.
collect.give was founded in December 2009 by photographer Kevin Miyazaki as a place to collect contemporary photography and donate to worthwhile causes at the same time. The photographers featured on collect.give have pledged to donate 100% of the profits from their print sales to causes they personally support. For details go here.
We pledge 100% of the sales of our print (edition of 25) in support of The Voices and Faces Project. Founded by Anne K. Ream, a writer and longstanding advocate for women's issues, The Voices and Faces Project is a national documentary initiative bringing the testimony of sexual violence survivors to the attention of the public in order to raise awareness of how this human rights and public health issue impacts victims, families and communities. Through photography and stories, the project speaks truth to the often outdated, damaging and limiting notions society has of the sexually violated by giving voice and face to rape survivors. In their recent project, they traveled to Mexico to meet with the women of Atenco, a courageous community of survivors who are standing up and speaking out about the sexual violence and torture that they have endured at the hands of the police.
For us, the use of photography and storytelling in the service of their cause mirrors our own belief in the importance of photography as a way to document injustice, and as a means of personal expression and healing. We hope you will join us in supporting The Voices and Faces Project by purchasing one of our prints.
Portrait by Shimon and Lindemann
from the Real Photo Postcard Survey
Friday, September 3, 2010
Consuming Opinions in one week
Interesting: everybody dives in with an opinion, they are all experts on food and flesh...8/21/10
1.
o beets, a "stand apart" image, introductory
o radishes were "common" - soft pornish
o she liked the more abstract/didn't respond to the humor
o FLESH AS BACKGROUND was most effective - didn't like the blue tones
o liked pressing into flesh radioccio image
o liked small size...images could read more precious (common idea?)
o compare and contrast by shooting in film also
2.
o saw we had 2 ideas: sexy/creepy and playful/clever
both funny and had conceptual depth (as opposed to academic AllThings)
o shown as groups cuz they are NOT stand alone type images
o liked high key pallette
o liked complex design, like reading an alphabet when grouped
o consider floating frame, white frame, big mat
o psycho dimension in sexier ones (pit, neck, mushrooms, chive, ham/cheese)
o liked how they weren't seen as flesh immediately
8/25/10
metaphor for growth/resonating skin with texture
love that color
Best when total transformation...melding food and body and becomes other
(celeric, peanut, potatoes) most abstract
Best when you stop wondering what part of the body and it just IS -
Stuck by mushroom
Combos, ham & cheese with bread picture--the lunchbox series
parts segments interesting -
invitational moments -
expected relationships, and then the unexpected
by the end of series, maybe ALL body parts could be used
OK to crop orange and hair OK plus the melding/embracing sense is good
spuds look like birthing -
nestling in pouring out
TRY
violation -
smashed squished, spilled seeds (vs the cut of the papaya/belly/scar)
check out scale -- bigger may be iconic (whole show maybe 5 images)
very large....the figure and form may transform...can the transformation happen large
like sense of no human hand
check out KODAK ultra color film
check ____________Mandlebaum
Marilyn Mintor
Jean Dunning
Peter Greenaway -Drowning by numbers
Glen Gary Ketchum
Ursa Books across from Gagosian (colleen recommends)
Uta Barthes
Dodd Camera Armitage and California
Self Publish-Be happy site
lovely press jon gittleson
Like shriveled -
Like Ambiguity -
Like colors/pallette
conjure different unexpected food combos -
push away from expected food fotos
cut back on centered images
try changing the llighting, which may change the meaning
anecdote: your eyebrows are indicative of your grooming in general, beneath your clothes
check out chinese photographer at Smart Gallery MADE IN CHINA Show who works with
HONEY
Consuming Ragdale
In February 2010, we spent our Ragdale Foundation residency working on ideas for Consuming Passion.
Meadows Studio
Meadows Studio from east
View from Meadows Studio
swathed in north light
testing, testing, testingWednesday, July 28, 2010
Auspicious Beginning
This is the first image from our project about nurturing and nourishment to be seen in the world.
We encourage you to ponder food as love. To nurture and to feast upon.
In Consuming Passion, the body becomes serving plate, altar, banquet and booty. Still life transforms into emotional landscape as the line between serving and self blurs.
After countless hours at the kitchen counter preparing food for our families, we begin to investigate the delicate and compelling balance that is necessary for nourishment.
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